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John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 72:10

72:10 The kings of {i} Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings {k} of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.(i) Of Cilicia, and of all other countries beyond the sea, which he means by the isles.(k) That is, of Arabia that rich country, of which Sheba was a part bordering on Ethiopia. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 72:14

72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and {l} precious shall their blood be in his sight.(l) Though tyrants pause not to shed blood, yet this godly king will preserve his subjects from all kinds of wrong. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 72:15

72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the {m} gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; [and] daily shall he be praised.(m) God will both prosper his life and make the people willing to obey him. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 72:16

72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the {n} fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.(n) Under such a king will be great plenty, both of fruit and also of the increase of mankind. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 72:17

72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call {o} him blessed.(o) They will pray to God for his continuance and know that God prospers them for his sake. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 72:18

72:18 Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth {p} wondrous things.(p) He confesses that unless God miraculously preserves his people neither the king nor the kingdom can continue. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 72:20

72:20 The {q} prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.(q) Concerning his son Solomon. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:1-20

Psalms 67:0 The first half dozen of these psalms form a group millennial and Messianic. The first is millennial. It is Israel who speaks; the psalm cannot be appreciated unless the word “us” in Psalms 67:1 is so applied. When God has mercy upon and blesses Israel in the latter days, His way and His saving health unto all nations (Psalms 67:2 ) will begin to be known. In other words, the present age is one of out-gathering, but the age to come (millennial) will be one of in-gathering. God is now... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 72:1-20

The Kingship of Jesus Psalms 72:0 There has not been wanting a disposition to empty the so-called Messianic psalms, of their references to Jesus Christ. In a sense, it is not only right but spiritually profitable to get at the immediate and literal meaning of prophecy and psalm, and every other Scripture; at the same time, why should there be any other disposition to limit the signification of the sacred writers to local and transient events, when many of them are evidently charged with... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 72:7

This verse very sweetly and properly follows the former, for where Christ comes down on a nation, or a people, or family, or any individual; all the blessings of mercy and peace will follow. From whence come wars (saith an apostle) and fightings among you? Come they not hence even of your lusts, which war in your members? James 4:1 . Men would literally break their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks, if Jesus lived and reigned in the hearts and minds of the people.... read more

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